Tuesday June 1st
Watching "Macbeth Retold"
H/W: Complete review questions for the film in your English book. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday June 2nd
Quiz - Macbeth Act I Scene III
Week 8
Monday June 7th
Reading and analysing Act I Scenes I and III
Annotations of these scenes are displayed in 7.6.
H/W: How has Shakespeare presented the witches as villains so far? In your answer, refer to at least TWO specific examples. Minimum 8 lines.
Due Tuesday in your BOOK.
Tuesday June 8th
Directing the witches production activity.
Wednesday June 9th
Meeting: Return of exams
Any remaining time to work on production activity
Thursday June 10th
Finishing "Directing the Witches" activity.
Week 9
Tuesday June 15th
Presenting "The Witches"
Wednesday June 16th
Y-Chart - what evil looks like, sounds and the body langauge or gesture used to convey it.
Tuesday June 22nd
Representations of the Witches in film.
You will need this for your assessment task so you MUST ensure you complete the activity.
Class notes available after the lesson.
Wednesday June 23rd
Shakespeare performance.
You will need this for your assessment so I recommend you take it seriously, pay attention and take notes. The assessment is due early term 3 so I will not be there to help you if you choose not to do the work now. Notes will be available to those who have taken some notes for themselves.
Thursday June 24th
Comparing and contrasting visual representations of the witches.
We will look at
2 film versions of the witches
What aspects of the witches to compare.
How to structure a compare and contrast discussion using comparative conjunctions.
. Please also have a look at the appropriate film clips and the activities you will need to complete in order to catch up. These clips and instructions are available here. These will be vital for Part B, question 2 in your assessment.
Week 11
Monday June 28th
We will look at an example script that I have prepared. I will guide you through deconstructing it, explaining many of the choices I made in my script. This will help you with ideas for your script and how to go about answering Part B Question 1.
For the conscientious among you, a fully annotated copy of my script is available from Tuesday morning.
Homework: Put the quotes about Macbeth in the order that they occured in the play. Clue: = use the act and scene numbers at the top of each box to help you.
Note of interest: Over the weekend I saw the stage production of Just Macbeth, a send up of the classic play by children's author Andy Griffiths. The play was an entertaining way of looking at the character development of the participants in Shakespeare's text in a very silly way. As Macbeth considers killing Duncan, Duncan can be heard singing very badly in a karaoke game in the background. The witches' foul ingredients become spit from a stuffed dog and whizz fizz.
For those of you looking for a way into the play, try reading some of the novel. Most of it is available online: Andy Griffiths' Just Macbeth
Tuesday June 29th
What do we learn about Macbeth from what he says and/or what others say about him?
How did he journey from ordinary man to psycho serial killer?
Shakespeare on Trial Notes: A few of you have asked for my notes from the performance we saw earlier in the term. I remind you that you were told to take your own notes as you needed to refer to the performance in your assessment task. As such, I am not going to spoon-feed the notes to everyone nor do your work for you. When I have seen your notes, a copy of mine will be emailed to you.
Wednesday June 30th
Analysing the soliloquy found in Act 1: Scene 7 for what it tells us about Macbeth.
If you were absent, please photocopy the table from another student's book.
Term 3
Ms Knight will wrap up your Macbeth unit (another 2-3 weeks) and then you will begin a theme study. My advice: read the book that you're studying for the theme study.
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The aim of this unit is to really put ourselves in the shoes of the characters of Shakespeare's Macbeth and decide to what extent these men and women were villains.
We will start with the three witches. Remember that Shakespeare was writing during Elizabethan England, a time of great superstition, religious fanaticism and fear of witchcraft. Many of the women executed as witches during this time were probably only harmless, lonely old women. So, do we accept that Shakespeare's witches are harmless old women or are they villains who actively participate in aiding Macbeth's murderous plans?
We will also be looking at Macbeth, a hard-working and loyal general in the Scottish army who becomes so driven in his quest for power he commits murder and orders the execution of his best friend. Somewhat weak in the beginning, it is his wife who encourages, even shames him into, this first murder. By the end of the play, he is quite independent in his orders. A villain or a weak man who didn't know when to stop?
Finally, we will look at how Macbeth and the witches have been portrayed in artwork, film and comic form. Behind every representation is a composer's impression of how villainous the character is.
Your copy of the play comes with you to class EVERY lesson.
Shakespeare is not meant to be read so much as it is meant to be performed. The more you participate, the better you will understand the play and the better you will enjoy the unit. Boredom comes when we are not involved
Term 2:
Lesson Bank
Week 6
Monday May 24th
Tuesday May 25th
Wednesday May 26th
Thursday May 27th
Week 7
Monday May 31st
Watching "Macbeth Retold"
Tuesday June 1st
Watching "Macbeth Retold"
H/W: Complete review questions for the film in your English book. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday June 2nd
Quiz - Macbeth Act I Scene III
Week 8
Monday June 7th
Reading and analysing Act I Scenes I and III
Annotations of these scenes are displayed in 7.6.
H/W: How has Shakespeare presented the witches as villains so far? In your answer, refer to at least TWO specific examples. Minimum 8 lines.
Due Tuesday in your BOOK.
Tuesday June 8th
Directing the witches production activity.
Wednesday June 9th
Meeting: Return of exams
Any remaining time to work on production activity
Thursday June 10th
Finishing "Directing the Witches" activity.
Week 9
Tuesday June 15th
Presenting "The Witches"
Wednesday June 16th
Y-Chart - what evil looks like, sounds and the body langauge or gesture used to convey it.
Week 10
Monday June 21st
Complete "The Second Meeting of the Witches" activities. You will need your copy of the play.
Tuesday June 22nd
Representations of the Witches in film.
You will need this for your assessment task so you MUST ensure you complete the activity.
Class notes available after the lesson.
Wednesday June 23rd
Shakespeare performance.
You will need this for your assessment so I recommend you take it seriously, pay attention and take notes. The assessment is due early term 3 so I will not be there to help you if you choose not to do the work now.
Notes will be available to those who have taken some notes for themselves.
Thursday June 24th
Comparing and contrasting visual representations of the witches.
We will look at
- 2 film versions of the witches
- What aspects of the witches to compare.
- How to structure a compare and contrast discussion using comparative conjunctions.
Notes are available hereWeek 11
Monday June 28th
We will look at an example script that I have prepared. I will guide you through deconstructing it, explaining many of the choices I made in my script. This will help you with ideas for your script and how to go about answering Part B Question 1.
For the conscientious among you, a fully annotated copy of my script is available from Tuesday morning.
Homework: Put the quotes about Macbeth in the order that they occured in the play. Clue: = use the act and scene numbers at the top of each box to help you.
Note of interest: Over the weekend I saw the stage production of Just Macbeth, a send up of the classic play by children's author Andy Griffiths. The play was an entertaining way of looking at the character development of the participants in Shakespeare's text in a very silly way. As Macbeth considers killing Duncan, Duncan can be heard singing very badly in a karaoke game in the background. The witches' foul ingredients become spit from a stuffed dog and whizz fizz.
For those of you looking for a way into the play, try reading some of the novel. Most of it is available online: Andy Griffiths' Just Macbeth
Tuesday June 29th
What do we learn about Macbeth from what he says and/or what others say about him?
How did he journey from ordinary man to psycho serial killer?
Shakespeare on Trial Notes: A few of you have asked for my notes from the performance we saw earlier in the term. I remind you that you were told to take your own notes as you needed to refer to the performance in your assessment task. As such, I am not going to spoon-feed the notes to everyone nor do your work for you. When I have seen your notes, a copy of mine will be emailed to you.
Wednesday June 30th
Analysing the soliloquy found in Act 1: Scene 7 for what it tells us about Macbeth.
If you were absent, please photocopy the table from another student's book.
Term 3
Ms Knight will wrap up your Macbeth unit (another 2-3 weeks) and then you will begin a theme study. My advice: read the book that you're studying for the theme study.
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We will start with the three witches. Remember that Shakespeare was writing during Elizabethan England, a time of great superstition, religious fanaticism and fear of witchcraft. Many of the women executed as witches during this time were probably only harmless, lonely old women. So, do we accept that Shakespeare's witches are harmless old women or are they villains who actively participate in aiding Macbeth's murderous plans?
We will also be looking at Macbeth, a hard-working and loyal general in the Scottish army who becomes so driven in his quest for power he commits murder and orders the execution of his best friend. Somewhat weak in the beginning, it is his wife who encourages, even shames him into, this first murder. By the end of the play, he is quite independent in his orders. A villain or a weak man who didn't know when to stop?
Finally, we will look at how Macbeth and the witches have been portrayed in artwork, film and comic form. Behind every representation is a composer's impression of how villainous the character is.
Your copy of the play comes with you to class EVERY lesson.
Shakespeare is not meant to be read so much as it is meant to be performed. The more you participate, the better you will understand the play and the better you will enjoy the unit. Boredom comes when we are not involved
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